Question

Why hyperlinks are not working ?

Answer 1

\(\href{openstudy.com/code-of-conduct}{\large \sf Click}\)

Not working !!

Answer 2

Ashisar, what link?

Answer 3

Yes! Every time I see those, I try to click and it fails to work!

Answer 4

Seems like they disabled the \href function in mathJax.
Probably to prevent misuse.

Answer 5

@Preetha , i used to guide new users by using \href function in mathjax. But from few days it's not working.

Answer 6

\(\color{blue}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @thomaster
Seems like they disabled the \href function in mathJax.
Probably to prevent misuse.
\(\color{blue}{\text{End of Quote}}\)


is due to the issue which @CyberShadow had raised ?

Answer 7

Yeah @Abhisar Allowing hyperlinks leads to huge cross side scripting vulnerabilities. Thats why i guess, they would have disabled it. Even tho i proposed using the safe mode which would just disable the javascript links and allow the normal links.... but seems like they have disabled the href function completely.

Answer 8

yeah i think it would be better if they just disable the javascript integration. Hyperlinks are very useful. I hope they soon it fix.

Answer 9

*soon fix it

Answer 10

@c0decracker

Answer 11

Actually we did enable safe mode. We'll check if it's possible to have normal links working with that though...

Answer 12

Oh..i see..that would be very nice. Thnx for responding :)

Answer 13

on time they suspended someone by those link because they tricked a person and got banned for clicking those

Answer 14

?

Answer 15

\( \href{ http://openstudy.com/code-of-conduct }{\large \sf Click} \) - smth happen (

\( \href{http://mathjax}{\large \sf ThisWorks} \)
\( \href{https://mathjax}{\large \sf ThisWorksHttps} \)

Answer 16

it does work, but the website doesn't exists

Answer 17

@NACILON

Answer 18

hm it works when using http in front of the link, but it ends op being rendered as a normal link in the code text.

\(\href{ http://google.com }{google}\)
\(\href{ https://google.com }{google}\)
\(\href{//google.com}{google}\)

Answer 19

Ah i see @c0decracker .Safe mode has been enabled. And Safe mode will not render any other links which doesnt start with "http" or "https" or "file" protocol. Prefixing http should do it.

Answer 20

\(\href{ http://google.com }{google}\)

Answer 21

Problem seems to be in the server side.... because when i use \(\href{ http://google.com }{google}\) It shows the latex link in the preview but as soon as i m posting it it apperas as a normal link. Os's server side code parses everything that stars with http:// as a <a> element thats why the syntax doesnt work. Skipping parsing of any code that starts with a latex command should fix it.

Answer 22

@cybershadow but i think there is a drawback of skipping it too. in that case plain links posted will not be rendered as link but just as simple text.

Answer 23

No @abhisar , I m talking about just not parsing the links inside a latex command.... we can write a condition that if the string before the http:// is "href{" then nothing should be parsed and in other cases it should be rendered as a link.

Answer 24

\( \href{http:///openstudy.com/code-of-conduct}{\large \sf Click} \)

Answer 25

That was smart @NACILON Using three "\" seems to do it. Great work.

Answer 26

It is Safe mode for MathJax, so it only allows to use http://, https:// & file://.
But link should contain one additional / to work

Answer 27

ah i see @CyberShadow !

Answer 28

\(\href{http:///www.google.com}{\sf Click}\)

Answer 29

Well not really, Two / should work just fine. But Os server side transforms anything that starts with http:// into a link and when we add additional / it doesnt match the os server side regex and is being rendered as a regular text

Answer 30

well then , That was really a good fix @NACILON We get the links back now. Tho OS should still fix one more vuneralbity i.e. Logout Link " http://openstudy.com/session/logout " Hope that they fix it and then we are vuneralbity free

Answer 31

\(\href{http:///openstudy.com/session/logout}{\sf \huge Logout}\)

Answer 32

Ahh..yes i agree @CyberShadow !

Answer 33

and that was really smart @NACILON !

Answer 34

@c0decracker

Answer 35

logout links are merely a nuisance... no need to waste time and effort to fix that.
There are a lot of bigger problems, like the signup form which is almost verification-free. 10 times higher priority.

Answer 36

people also tricked people by playing a song. They almost gave me a heart attack! @thomaster

Answer 37

they put a Harlem Shake song :P

Answer 38

yes that script with the song won't work anymore now.

Answer 39

lol good :)

Answer 40

Cool now I know how to attach a hyper link in OS.. :)

Answer 41

@Abhisar Thanks for making that log out button. I clicked on it and I logged myself out while viewing the post. It could make a good prank if you labeled it as code of conduct or something... lol :)